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10/26/2009 SEMANA GÓTICA DE MADRID, 24-X a I-XI 2009Entre el 24 de octubre y el 1 de noviembre de 2009 se desarrollará, en la capital española, la muy interesante y evocadora SEMANA GÓTICA. A continuación reproducimos, con el beneplácito de la organización, los folletos oficiales.    11/6/2008 INDIAN DIASPORIC ARTISTS FOR OBAMA - MIRA NAIR, RUSHDIE AND MOREFolowing Barack Obama's historic election victory -
from the site: THAINDIAN NEWS, two articles which I reproduce without further comment.
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Obama tributes from India’s most acclaimed women in filmsNovember 6th, 2008 - 2:13 pm ICT by IANS -New York, Nov 6 (IANS) Barack Obama’s election as US president is historic not just for Americans but for people the world over, say three of Indian cinema’s best known women - Deepa Mehta, Mira Nair and Shabana Azmi. Tributes to the president-elect who will be the first African American in the White House poured in Wednesday at the the opening of the five-day MIAAC Film Festival of Indian Independent and Diaspora films.
“It is an amazing, amazing victory for people of all colour, for people who have been disenfranchised,” said Indian Canadian director Mehta, who was in New York for the screening of her newest film “Heaven on Earth”. “Obama as (US) president is the best news of the century,” Mehta told IANS. India-born New York-based Mira Nair, who campaigned for Obama, said emphatically: “Anything is possible”. Last month, Nair had organised a literary meet in support of Obama. It was attended by literary giants of Indian origin like Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai, Jhumpa Lahiri, Suketu Mehta and Manil Suri. (..)
** http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/politics/rushdie-jhumpa-kiran-desai-rally-for-obama_100103531.html
October 4th, 2008 - 8:49 pm ICT by IANS -
Half a dozen celebrated authors of Indian origin, including Salman Rushdie, were scheduled to speak here later Saturday in support of Democrat presidential candidate Barack Obama at an event organized by the South Asians for Obama (SAFO) group.Rushdie, a British citizen now living in the US, was to join Indian American writers Jhumpa Lahiri, Kiran Desai, Suketu Mehta, Manil Suri and Akhil Sharma at the event, to be emceed by filmmaker Mira Nair.
“It is a rare occasion that such eminent writers, winners of Bookers and Pulitzers, are coming together to speak about politics - and they obviously support Senator Obama,” an event spokesperson told IANS.
“They will be free to read passages relevant to the occasion from their own or others’ work or speak about why they support Obama,” he added.
About 400 people were expected to attend the ticketed event, with the funds going to Obama’s campaign.
The year-old SAFO works to mobilise South Asians in favour of Obama.
10/14/2008 PREMIO DON QUIJOTE 08 OTORGADO A 'LULA' Y CARLOS FUENTES (1): - BRASIL: 'PAÍS BILÍNGÜE' - PORTUGUÉS/CASTELLANO - DON QUIJOTE PRIZE 08 GOES TO 'LULA' AND CARLOS FUENTES (1) - A BILINGUAL (PORTUGUESE/SPANISH) BRAZIL
Esta es la primera parte de una noticia sobre el recién creado Premio Don Quijote de la Mancha, impulsado por el gobierno autonómico de Castilla-La Mancha y la Fundación Santillana y concebido como reconocimiento de quienes se han esforzado por la promoción de la lengua y cultura hispanas, cuyos primeros laureados, galardonados ayer por el Rey de España con presencia del presidente Zapatero, son el presidente de Brasil, 'Lula' (Luís Inácio da Silva), y el célebre escritor mexicano, Carlos Fuentes. Si una figura brasileño ha recibido dicho premio, esto se debe a la 'Ley del Español' fomentada por 'Lula', mediante la cual se espera que Brasil se convertirá en un país bilíngüe, NO entre portugués e inglés sino entre portugués y castellano (!!). Seguirá una 2a noticia sobre Carlos Fuentes.
** SUMMARY IN ENGLISH ** This is the first part of an item on the recently created Don Quijote de la Mancha Prize, offered by the regional government of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) and the Fundación Santillana for services to Spanish language and culture, whose first laureates, who received their prize yesterday from the King of Spain in the presence of Prime Minister Zapatero, are the Brazilian President, 'Lula' (Luís Inácio da Silva), and the celebrated Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes. If a Brazilian figure has received this prize, the reason is the 'Ley del Español' (Law on Spanish) promoted by 'Lula', which aims to make Brazil a bilingual country - NOT Portuguese-English but Portuguese-Spanish (!!). A second part will follow on Carlos Fuentes.
http://www.tribunalatina.com/es/notices/lula_y_fuentes_recogen_el_premio_don_quijote_14924.php Tribuna Latina 14 oct 08 (extracto)
Lula y Fuentes recogen el Premio Don Quijote
El rey Juan Carlos entregó el lunes al presidente de Brasil, Luís Inácio ("Lula") da Silva, y al escritor mexicano Carlos Fuentes el premio Don Quijote, de reciente creación, por sus esfuerzos para promover la lengua y la cultura españolas.
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